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Posted by Joel Shepherd on 06/26/05 20:59
In article <cantb1p4rn0fi89r4hsq8o2dgsn357f8b4@4ax.com>,
Hugo de Payns <hugo.de.payns@freeler.nl> wrote:
> the only thing i like to know if it is, and how to prolong the
> (standard) time to show the link-description; usually it is no longer
> then a couple of second, but because i put some large text in the
> linktip, like
>
> <a title="
> yadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayada
> yadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayada
> yadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayada
> yadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayada
> yadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayada"
> href="file.htm"></a>
Hmm. Well, that's not a title, is it? Then maybe you're using the wrong
tool for the job.
The title attribute, and for that matter the frequently abused alt
attribute, are not "linktips". I.e., their purpose is not just to
provide data to stuff in a "tooltip". They have specific purposes, and
there is no requirement that they be implemented as tooltips. Their
content could just as easily show up in the browser's status bar, or
anywhere else for that matter.
Your particular browser does happen to use tooltips. So, if you want to
change the duration for which the tooltip is displayed, you may be able
to do it by changing the browser's configuration (though I doubt it) or
your system's operating system configuration (probably some
accessibility setting). Of course, the latter is likely to change it for
all tooltips in all applications, which might not be what you want. But,
that's what happens when you use the wrong tool.
To me, the right tool* -- if you want a large amount of text to pop up
when you're over a link -- sounds like a JavaScript pop up of some sort,
that goes up when your mouse goes over the link, and down when the mouse
goes off it. I have no idea how to write such things, but strongly
suspect if you googled for "Javascript menu" or "Javascript drop-down
menu", you could quickly find examples that you could modify for your
own purposes.
* - (Given that you said this is for personal use. If it wasn't I might
recommend another approach.)
--
Joel.
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